Edmonton Genealogical Records

Edmonton Birth & Baptism Records

England & Wales Birth Index (1837-2006)

An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.

St John the Evangelist, Edmonton Baptism Records (1906)

Baptism records from people born in and around Edmonton between 1906 and 1906. Lists the name of people's parent's and other details.

Palmers Green St John the Evangelist Baptisms (1904-1906)

Baptism registers record the baptism of those born in and around Palmers Green St John the Evangelist, Edmonton and were subsequently baptised in an Anglican place of worship. They are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present.

Upper Edmonton St John the Evangelist Baptisms (1901-1906)

Baptism registers are the primary source for birth documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date a child was baptised, their parents' names, occupations, residence and more.

Lower Edmonton St Martin, Edmonton Baptism Records (1900-1906)

Name index linked to original images of the baptism registers of Lower Edmonton St Martin, Edmonton. Records document parents' names and date of baptism and/or birth.

Edmonton Marriage & Divorce Records

England & Wales Marriage Index (1837-2008)

An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.

Winchmore Hill Holy Trinity, Edmonton Marriages (1913-1921)

Marriage records from people who married at Winchmore Hill Holy Trinity, Edmonton between 1913 and 1921. Lists an individual's abode, marital status, father's name, age and signature

Lower Edmonton St Martin, Edmonton Marriage Records (1911-1921)

Marriage records from people who married at Lower Edmonton St Martin, Edmonton between 1911 and 1921. Lists an individual's abode, marital status, father's name, age and signature

Palmers Green St John the Evangelist Marriages (1906-1921)

Marriage registers are the primary source for marital documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They typically record marital status and residence. Details may also be given on a party's parents, age and parish of origin.

Upper Edmonton St John the Evangelist Marriages (1906-1921)

Marriage records from people who married at Upper Edmonton St John the Evangelist, Edmonton between 1906 and 1921. Lists an individual's abode, marital status and more.

Edmonton Death & Burial Records

England & Wales Death Index (1837-2006)

An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.

Edmonton Burial Records (1905-1918)

Burial registers record burials that occurred at Edmonton. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present.

Southgate St Michael at Bowes, Edmonton Burials (1889-1905)

Burial records for people buried at Southgate St Michael At Bowes, Edmonton between 1889 and 1905. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age.

Southgate Christ Church, Edmonton Burial Records (1885-1928)

Name index linked to original images of the burial registers of Southgate Christ Church, Edmonton. Records document an individual's date of death and/or burial, age residence and more.

Edmonton Burial Records (1872)

Name index linked to original images of the burial registers of Edmonton. Records document an individual's date of death and/or burial, age and residence. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.

Edmonton Census & Population Lists

1939 Register (1939)

An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.

England, Wales, IoM & Channel Islands 1911 Census (1911)

The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.

London Electoral Registers (1847-1913)

An index to and images of registers recording over 17 million voters' names, their residence and qualification to vote.

London Electoral Registers (1832-1965)

Lists of those registered to vote in London, including their residence and sometimes other supplementary details. Useful for tracing families in between censuses and can be used as a post-1911 census substitute, as listings are ordered by residence. A name index connected to original images.

London & Middlesex Electors (1863-1894)

Records compiled by parish overseers, recording those who claimed eligibility to vote. The record name, address and the nature of their connection with that property.

Newspapers Covering Edmonton

South London Press (1867)

A local paper including news from the London area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.

Shoreditch Observer (1857-1867)

A local paper including news from the Shoreditch area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.

Hertford Mercury and Reformer (1834-1868)

A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Hertford area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.

London Standard (1827-1900)

Original images of a local newspaper, searchable via a full text index. Includes news from the London area, business notices, obituaries, family announcements and more.

West London Observer (1953-1957)

A weekly, liberal newspaper published in London. It contains family notices.

Edmonton Wills & Probate Records

England & Wales National Probate Calendar (1858-1966)

Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.

Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex Wills & Probate (1608-1810)

A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex. These records can help trace families back to the late 16th century.

Archdeaconry Court of London Wills & Probate (1524-1804)

A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Archdeaconry Court of London. These records can help trace families back to the late 15th century.

Commissary Court of London Wills & Probate (1523-1857)

A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Commissary Court of London. These records can help trace families back to the late 15th century.

Consistory Court of London Wills & Probate (1514-1858)

A searchable index connected to images surviving wills and probate documents for the Consistory Court of London. These records can help trace families back to the late 15th century.

Edmonton Immigration & Travel Records

Middlesex Convict Transportation Contracts (1682-1787)

Orders to remove convicts from Middlesex and deport them to penal colonies.

Passenger Lists Leaving UK (1890-1960)

A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.

UK Incoming Passenger Lists (1878-1960)

A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.

Victoria Assisted & Unassisted Passenger Lists (1839-1923)

An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.

Alien Arrivals in England (1810-1869)

Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.

Edmonton Military Records

London Volunteers Records (1859-1955)

Service records for various voluntary corps and regiments from London and Middlesex at large.

Historical Records of the Middlesex Yeomanry (1797-1927)

A general history of the yeomanry, focusing on the involvement of its men in WWI.

London County Council Record of War Service (1914-1918)

Details of almost over 10,000 London council employees who fought in WWI. Contains both occupational and military details.

Middlesex WWI Memorials (1914-1918)

A list of names found on World War One monuments in Middlesex, with some service details.

Middlesex WWII Memorials (1914-1918)

A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Middlesex, with some service details.

London Consistory Court Depositions (1586-1611)

An index to over 1,800 cases brought before the court. For witnesses, age and residence is usually given. The cases cover such matters as defamation, marriage and tithes.

London Electoral Registers (1847-1913)

An index to and images of registers recording over 17 million voters' names, their residence and qualification to vote.

Kentish Prison Hulk Registers (1811-1843)

Registers recording details of around 9,000 prisoners held in ships stationed in Kent. Records describe a convict's name, age, place of birth, physical description, offence, conviction, sentence, discharge and conduct report.

Middlesex Coroners' Inquests (1747-1803)

Digital images and transcriptions of records investigating suspicious deaths in the county of Middlesex.

Middlesex Sessions (1690-1800)

Digital images and transcriptions of records that tried both misdemeanor and serious offences, but mostly felony cases.

Edmonton Taxation Records

London & Middlesex Land Tax (1692-1932)

Digital images of records that detail land – its owners and tenants. Very useful for tracing the succession of freehold and tenancies, and thus genealogies. Records can be searched by a name index.

London & Middlesex Heath Tax (1666)

Records listing those who were assessed for taxation based on the number of hearths they possessed.

Income Tax Payments (1799-1802)

The details of income taxes paid by several thousand individuals and institutions in Surrey and Middlesex.

Four Shillings In The Pound Aid (1693-1694)

Assessments for a tax to pay for warfare in Europe. It covers London and parts of Middlesex.

London Rate Books (1684-1907)

An index to and images of books recording money paid for maintenance of the sick and poor. The records list the name of the owner and occupier of a property, the type of dwelling, the name or situation of the property, how much rent was collected, and the rates paid.

Edmonton Land & Property Records

London & Middlesex Land Tax (1692-1932)

Digital images of records that detail land – its owners and tenants. Very useful for tracing the succession of freehold and tenancies, and thus genealogies. Records can be searched by a name index.

London & Middlesex Feet of Fines (1189-1569)

Abstracts of records that detail land conveyances.

London & Middlesex Electors (1863-1894)

Records compiled by parish overseers, recording those who claimed eligibility to vote. The record name, address and the nature of their connection with that property.

London Rate Books (1684-1907)

An index to and images of books recording money paid for maintenance of the sick and poor. The records list the name of the owner and occupier of a property, the type of dwelling, the name or situation of the property, how much rent was collected, and the rates paid.

Tithe Apportionments (1836-1856)

An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.

Edmonton Directories & Gazetteers

Kelly's Directory of Middlesex (1937)

A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.

Kelly's Directory of Middlesex (1933)

A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.

Kelly's Directory of Middlesex (1926)

A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.

Kelly's Directory of Middlesex (1914)

A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.

Kelly's Directory of Middlesex (1899)

A directory of residents and businesses; with a description of each settlement, containing details on its history, public institutions, churches, postal services, governance and more.

Edmonton Cemeteries

Deceased Online (1629-Present)

Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Mausolea and Monuments (1500-Present)

Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.

Maritime Memorials (1588-1950)

Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.

Rail & Canal Photographs Catalog (1880-1970)

A searchable database of photographs relating to railways and canals in Britain.

Edmonton Obituaries

iAnnounce Obituaries (2006-Present)

The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.

United Kingdom and Ireland Obituary Collection (1882-Present)

A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.

Quakers Annual Monitor (1847-1848)

A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.

Musgrave's Obituaries (1421-1800)

This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.

British Medical Journal (1849-Present)

A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.

Edmonton Histories & Books

Victoria County History: Middlesex (1086-1900)

A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.

Survey of Life and Labour in London (1886-1903)

A collection of maps and notebooks documenting the life and distribution of poor people in the London area.

London & Middlesex Population (1690-1801)

Statistics of London's population, primarily from the 18th century, with details of the source documents.

London and Middlesex Chantry Certificate (1548)

A list of charities maintained in the county of Middlesex.

London Windmills (1998-Present)

An index of windmills in the county, with brief notes and some photographs.

Edmonton School & Education Records

London School Admissions & Discharges Registers (1840-1911)

Records or admission and discharge for over 1 million pupils attending over 800 state schools in London. Records are indexed by name linked to original images of the registers; and may contain details on the pupil's parents, date of birth, residence, parent's occupations and scholastic history.

National School Admission & Log Books (1870-1914)

A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.

Teacher's Registration Council Registers (1870-1948)

A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.

Oxford University Alumni (1500-1886)

A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.

Cambridge University Alumni (1261-1900)

A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.

Edmonton Occupation & Business Records

Royal Household Staff (1526-1924)

A name index connected to original images of over 75,000 records recording the lives of those employed by the royal family.

Bethlem Hospital Patient Admission Records (1683-1932)

An index to and images of hospital records listing over 250,000 names. Records may list name, age or year of birth, occupation, residence, why in the hospital and a whole host of other details.

London County Council Record of War Service (1914-1918)

Details of almost over 10,000 London council employees who fought in WWI. Contains both occupational and military details.

London Haberdashers Apprentices & Freemen (1526-1933)

An index to and images of documents recording the name, master, father, residence and other details of London haberdashers.

London Ironmongers Apprentices & Freemen (1511-1923)

An index to and images of documents recording the name, master, father, residence and other details of London ironmongers.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Edmonton

Boyd's Inhabitants of London and Boyd's Family Units (1200-1946)

An essential work for those researching in and around London. This publication gives genealogical and brief biographical information on several hundred thousands inhabitants of London and the surrounding area.

Victoria County History: Middlesex (1086-1900)

A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.

British & Irish Royal & Noble Genealogies (491-1603)

Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Debrett's Peerage (1923)

A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.

Edmonton Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

Royal Household Staff (1526-1924)

A name index connected to original images of over 75,000 records recording the lives of those employed by the royal family.

Victoria County History: Middlesex (1086-1900)

A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.

British & Irish Royal & Noble Genealogies (491-1603)

Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Visitation of England and Wales (1700-1899)

Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.

Edmonton Church Records

Edmonton Parish Registers (1557-1812)

The parish registers of Edmonton are the primary source for birth, marriage and death details before civil registration (1837). A full index to names with original images of the registers are available between 1557 and 1812.

London Consistory Court Depositions (1586-1611)

An index to over 1,800 cases brought before the court. For witnesses, age and residence is usually given. The cases cover such matters as defamation, marriage and tithes.

Middlesex Parish Register Index with Images (1538-1812)

An index connected to original images of most early Middlesex & London parish registers. Also includes over 100 registers from Surrey, Essex and Kent.

Middlesex Parish Registers (1538-1965)

The parish registers of Middlesex are a collection of books documenting baptisms, marriages and burials from 1538 to 1965.

The London Diocese Book (1890)

A calendar for the Diocese and a list of over 6,000 of its clergy.

Biographical Directories Covering Edmonton

London Medical Directory (1846)

Biographical details for medical professionals, institutions and businesses in the London area.

Debrett's Peerage (1923)

A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.

Dod's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage of Britian (1902)

A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.

Dod's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage of Britian (1885)

A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.

Crockford's Clerical Directories (1868-1914)

Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.

Edmonton Maps

Maps of London & The Vicinity (1940)

Detailed maps of London and 125 other places in the vicinity.

James Wyld's Map of London and Environs (1872)

A map charting London and 25 miles round.

Old London Maps (1680-1926)

A large collection of maps charting London and it's environs.

London Map Collection (1560-1925)

Seventy-three high quality maps of London, its environs and the county of Middlesex.

Survey of Life and Labour in London (1886-1903)

A collection of maps and notebooks documenting the life and distribution of poor people in the London area.

Edmonton Reference Works

England Research Guide (1538-Present)

A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.

Parish Register Abstract (1538-1812)

Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.

Building History Research Guide (1066-Present)

A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.

Surname Origins (1790-1911)

A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.

British Family Mottoes (1189-Present)

A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.

Historical Description

Edmonton, anciently called Edelmeton. It is divided into four wards, distinguished by the names of Church Street, Bury Street, Fore Street, and South Street, and contains about 3, 660 acres of land, exclusive of the allotment in Enfield Chase of 1231a. 2r. 6p.

There are two fairs, known by the name of Beggar’s Bush fairs, held in the parish on St. Giles’s and Ascension Day, by virtue of the patent of King James I. granted in' 1615. There is also a customary fair in the town of Edmonton, called a statute fair, which is now merely a holiday fair.

Edmonton Church is a large structure, consisting of a nave, chancel, and north aisle; at the west end is a square tower embattled. The windows of the chancel are gothic.

the north-east corner of the chancel, is an ancient altar tomb of purbeck marble, richly ornamented with quatrefoils, &c. The arms and brass figures have been torn off.

In the south-east corner of the nave, is a monument with a depressed gothic arch, richly ornamented with foliage, to the memory of John Kirton, Esq. the fourth in descent from Alin Kirton, who died in 1362.

The following singular epitaph was formerly to be seen in the church-yard on a head-stone, now removed.

"Hie jacet Newberry Will

Vitam finibet cum Cochiae Pill

Quis administravit? Bellamy Sue

Quantumquantitat? nescio—scisne tu?

Ne sutor ultra crepidam."

William Newberry died in 1695; he is said to have been a hostler at one of the inns, and to have lost his life in consequence of some improper medicines, administered by an ignorant fellow servant.

Bush Hill Park, in this parish, exhibits some very pleasing scenery. In the hall is a curious carving in wood, by the celebrated Grinling Gibbons, representing the stoning of St. Stephen. The architectural parts are particularly fine.

On Bush Hill, are to be seen the remains of a circular entrenchment, of considerable dimensions, by some supposed to have been a Roman camp, and by others a British oppidum.

Topography of Great Britain (1829) by George Alexander Cooke

EDMONTON, in “Domesday Book” called Adelmeton, “the town of Aldhelm or Adhelm,” is an ancient town and parish, with two stations on the Enfield branch of the Great Eastern railway, another on a branch line and one on the main line of the same company; a line was opened in 1892 from Edmonton to Cheshunt and connected with the wards, namely, Church Street, Bury Street, Fore Street and South Street. It is 7 miles from London in the Enfield division of the county, hundred, petty sessional division, union and county court district of Edmonton, rural deanery of Enfield, archdeaconry of Middlesex and diocese of London, and was added to the Metropolitan police district, 13th Oct. 1840.

The parish adopted the “Public Health Act of 1848” 21 June, 1859, but by the operation of the “Edmonton Local Board (Division of District) Act, 1881,” it was divided into two Urban Sanitary Districts, Edmonton and Southgate. Under the provisions of the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73) an Urban District Council of nine members has been formed for the Edmonton Local Board area.

In pursuance of the “Local Government Act of 1894,” the old civil parish of Edmonton has been formed into two, consisting of the Edmonton and Southgate Urban areas. The district has an efficient system of sewage, including a farm of 300 acres where the sewage matter is treated and then distributed on the principle of irrigation. The district is supplied with water by the New River Company, and with gas by the Tottenham and Edmonton Gas Light and Coke Co. from works in Dyson’s lane, established in 1846.

The Salmons brook, a feeder of the river Lee, flows through the northern part of the parish, and Pymms brook, another feeder, through the southern portion.

The church of All Saints, an edifice of brick and stone in the Perpendicular style, consists of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, and an embattled western tower, containing a clock and 8 bells, besides the curfew or saints’ bell: the old tenor bell was replaced in 1866 by a new one, weighing 11 cwt.: the nave and chancel (now nearly hidden by ivy) were cased outside with brick in 1772, since which the church has been restored and an organ chamber added: in 1871 a new font, stone reredos, brass standards and choir stalls were added, chiefly at the expense of the Rev. R. E. Copleston, late vicar: a new south aisle was built in 1889, when several ancient stones of Norman workmanship were found embedded in the south wall: these are now built into the new aisle: there are brasses to John Asplyn and Godfrey Askew and to Elizabeth, successively wife of both, c. 1506; to Nicholas and Elizabeth Boone, 1520; one to Edward Nowell, ob. 1616, and Mary (Isham) his wife, ob. 1600, with 4 children; and a tomb with inscription to John Kirton: the stained east window is a memorial to E. T. Busk esq. and there are two windows on the south side in memory of the Rev. Reginald E. Copleston, late vicar of Edmonton, who died in 1878: in 1888 a finely carved stone tablet was erected by the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society in memory of the poet Cowper: there are 1,100 sittings, 100 being free. The register of burials dates from the year 1557; marriages, 1558; and of baptisms from 1559. The living is a vicarage, dating from the year 1335, net yearly value £845, including 20 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, and held since 1882 by the Rev. Robert Stewart Gregory M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford.

There is a parish room in St. George’s road.

The ecclesiastical district of St. James’, Upper Edmonton, was formed out of All Saints’ parish August 29, 1851: the church, erected in 1849, is a cruciform building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, transepts, south porch and a western turret containing 1 bell: there are three memorial windows in the chancel to the Rev. George Phillips M.A. the first vicar, and five others: the church was consecrated April 8th, 1850, and was renovated and furnished with choir stalls and other fittings in 1882 at a cost of £1,000, the organ being at the same time rebuilt: there are 600 sittings, of which about half are free. The register dates from the year 1851. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £420, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Edmonton, and held since 1881 by the Rev. Lucius George Fry M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The population in 1891 was 6,522, excluding officers and inmates in the Edmonton and Strand Union Workhouses. St. Mary’s is an ecclesiastical district, formed 31 Aug. 1883. The church, in Fore street, consecrated in 1884, is an edifice of brick with stone dressings, in the Early English style, consisting of nave, aisles, north porch and vestries; there are several stained windows and 550 sittings. The register dates from the year 1884. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £205, in the gift of the vicar of Edmonton, and held since 1892 by the Rev. Frederick Lloyd Ware M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge. A new vicarage was erected in 1893. The Congregational church, Snell’s park, is a structure in the Florid Gothic style, is faced with stone and terra-cotta ornaments, and was built at a cost of £5,000: there are 1,000 sittings. Lower Edmonton Congregational church, Fore street, erected in 1883, in the Early Gothic style, at a cost of £9,500, affords sittings for 750. The Baptist chapel, in Fore street, Lower Edmonton, erected in 1860, has 600 sittings; the Calvinistic chapel, in Claremont street, was erected in 1818 and seats 160. There is a Wesleyan chapel in Fore street, Lower Edmonton, erected in 1854, and seating 750 persons; and a Salvation Army citadel, in Fore street, Lower Edmonton, erected in 1892, and holding 550. A Cemetery, at Church street, comprising an area of 30 acres, was purchased and laid out at a cost of £20,500, and consecrated in 1884; it contains a mortuary and 2 chapels, and is under the control of the Urban District Council. The Jews’ Cemetery, belonging to the Western Synagogue of St. Albans place, London, is in Montagu road, and consists of about 10 acres. The Town Hall, in Fore street, Lower Edmonton, erected in 1884 at a cost of £10,000, is a structure of red brick with Bath stone facing in the Gothic style, and is licensed for theatrical entertainments &c.; it will hold 675 persons. The Free Public Library and Reading Room, Fore street, Lower Edmonton, opened Nov. 20, 1897, was built principally at the expense of J. Passmore Edwards esq. and consists of reading and lending departments on the first floor, and stores and workrooms on the second floor; attached to the building is a librarian’s house. The lending library at present consists of 2,000 volumes. The reference library is now (1898) in course of formation. Messrs. Ridley, Whitley & Co. have works here for the manufacture of linoleum, floor cloth and table covers; here also are the ammunition works of Messrs. Eley Bros. Lim. besides two varnish manufactories and brickworks. The charities, the oldest of which was founded in 1578, are 32 in number, with an annual income of about £930, but they are mostly amalgamated and are administered by Latymer’s trustees and the churchwardens of the parish. The Children’s Home, on the Green, was founded in 1864 by Miss Willis-Fleming, for orphan and destitute children; children are received and maintained here on small payments; Miss E. A. Jones is sister in charge. Styles’s almshouses, in Church street, founded in 1679 by Thomas Styles, of Edmonton, and rebuilt in 1754, have an annual income of £125, each inmate receiving about four shillings weekly; Wild’s almshouses, in Church street, was founded in 1662 by John Wild, of Edmonton, for three women, each woman receiving about three and sixpence per week; these are endowed by several bequests. The inns of Edmonton are mentioned by Izaak Walton and other writers; the present “Bell” tavern is built on the site of the original “Bell,” connected with Cowper’s humorous story of “John Gilpin,” and was rebuilt in 1878. The poets Cowper, Keats and Lamb resided in Edmonton. Near the church of All Saints, Bay Cottage, in Church street, now called “Lamb’s Cottage,” is the house once occupied by Charles Lamb (Elia) and in which he died, 27 Dec. 1834; his sister Mary Anne died in 1847, and both are buried on the right of the path south-west of the church. Pymmes Park is the seat of Thomas Joseph Farrell esq. M.P.; the mansion stands in a park of 56 acres. Causey Ware Hall is the seat of James H. Swanton M.A., M.D. Bush Hill House stands in a park of 90 acres; the mansion was built by Sir Hugh Myddleton the constructor of the New River, which Tuns through the grounds. Sir William Michael Curtis bart. of Caynham Court, Ludlow, is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are William Booker esq. Augustus Booker esq. the trustees of Thomas T. Busk esq. Rev. Alex. Nash M.A. rector of Quedsley, Gloucester, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the Edmonton Urban Council, and the Bush Hill Park Company. The soil is loam; subsoil, brick earth and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and tares, but the land is chiefly cultivated by market gardeners. The area of the parish is 3,926 acres of land and 86 of water; rateable value, £103,554; the population in 1891 was 36,351. Included in the population was 1,068 in the Strand Union Workhouse, 278 in the Strand Union Workhouse Infant Establishment, and 561 in Edmonton Workhouse. The population attached to the parish church in 1891 was 12,394; of St. Mary ecclesiastical parish 4,558, and of St. James, Upper Edmonton, 8,429. The area of the Urban District is 3,890 acres; rateable value, £107,237; the population in 1891 was 25,381.

Bush Hill Park is partly in this parish, but mostly in Enfield parish.

Cook’s Ferry adjoins the river Lee, 1 mile from Edmonton.

Strand Union Workhouse, Silver street, Upper Edmonton certified to accommodate 1,054 inmates.

EDMONTON UNION

Board day, Wednesday, at 11 a.m. at the Workhouse fortnightly.

The Union comprises the following parishes:-Cheshunt (Herts), Edmonton, Enfield, Hornsey, Southgate, South Hornsey, Tottenham, Waltham Abbey (Essex) & Wood Green. The population of the union in 1891 was 242,111; area, 47,306 acres; rateable value in 1897, £1,349,370.

Workhouse, Union road, Upper Edmonton, a building of brick & stone, erected in 1842 & enlarged in 1890, & again in 1894, will hold 750 inmates.

Places of Worship, with times of services

All Saints’ Church, Rev. Robert Stewart Gregory M.A. vicar; 8 & 11 a.m.; 3.30 & 7 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. except Wed.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

St. James’ Church, Fore street, Upper Edmonton, Rev. Lucius George Fry M.A. vicar; Rev. Charles Serjeant, curate; holy communion 1st Sun. in month, 12 noon, 2nd Sun. 9 a.m.; 3rd Sun. 12 a.m.; 4th & 5th Sun. 8 a.m.; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; Fri. & saints’ days, 11 a.m.

St. Mary’s Church, Fore street, Upper Edmonton, Rev. Frederick Lloyd Ware M.A.; 8 & 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; daily, 8 a.m. & 8 p.m.

St. Peter’s Mission Church, Bounces road, Rev. Edmund John Austin M.A. curate in charge; 11 a.m. & 6.45 p.m.; Thur. 8 p.m.

All Saints’ Mission Room, Bury street; 7 p.m.

St. Barnabas Mission Church, Hertford road, Rev. Edward H. North M.A. curate in charge; 8 & 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Wed. 8.15 p.m.

Baptist, Fore street, Lower Edmonton, Rev. David Russell; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Mon. & Sat. 8 p.m.

Independent, Fore street, Lower Edmonton, Rev. George Ernest Thorn F.R.G.S.; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 8 p.m.

Congregational, Snell’s park, Rev. Thomas Bagley; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.

Calvinist (Ebenezer), Claremont street; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

Gospel Union Tabernacle, Langhedge lane; 7 & 11 a.m.; 3 & 7 p.m.; daily, 8 p.m. except Fri.

Wesleyan, Fore street, Lower Edmonton, Rev. Nathaniel Stevens; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

St. Aldhelm’s Church of England Mission Church, Silver street, Rev, S. E. Dymott, in charge; 7 p.m.

St. James’ Church of England Mission Room, 145 Fore st. Upper Edmonton; Sun. 3.15 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.

St. James’ Church of England Mission Hall, Raynham road; Sun. 7 p.m.

Congregational Mission Hall, Angel road; 6.30 p.m.

Belmont Mission Room, Bounces road; 7 p.m.

London City Mission Hall, Hyde lane; Sun. 7 p.m.; various week day services.

Congregational Mission Room, Hyde side; 6.30 p.m.

Evangelical Mission Hall, Statham grove, Bull lane; 11 a.m. & 6.45 p.m.

Salvation Army Citadel, Fore street, Lower Edmonton; 7 & 11 a.m. 3 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 p.m.

Schools

Latymer’s (boys’), Church street, Lower Edmonton, founded 20th March, 1624, by Edward Latymer: it has now 255 boys, from 20 to 25 being admitted free, & an income of £750 yearly & is controlled by a body of 12 trustees; William Alexander Shearer M.A. Exeter College, Oxford, headmaster, Upper school; Ringwood Peach, assistant master; Joseph Boyce, headmaster, Lower school; John James Goodchild, assistant master; Henry Martin Hiorns, sec.

A School Board of 9 members was formed 13 Aug. 1880; John Moule, Brettenham road, clerk to the board; John Cogdale, assistant clerk; offices, Brettenham road, Upper Edmonton; attendance officers, Thomas Yarrow, 9 Queen’s road, Lower Edmonton & W. F. Roberts, 4 Ambrose terrace, New Southgate.

Board School, Brettenham road, built in 1882 & enlarged in 1885, & again in 1887 & 1889, for 1,441 children; average attendance, 570 boys, 300 girls & 350 infants.

Board School, Croyland road, built in 1883 & enlarged in 1889, for 1,207 children; average attendance, 720 boys, 275 girls & 260 infants.

National (All Saints) (girls’ & infants’), Church street, built in 1822, enlarged in 1888 & again in 1893, for 742 children; average attendance, 287 girls & 311 infants.

National (St. James’, Upper Edmonton), Grove street, Snell’s park, built in 1851 & enlarged in 1871, 1879 & 1885 & 1893, for 790 children; average attendance, 261 boys, 206 girls & 270 infants.

National (St. Aldhelm’s), Windmill road (infants), built in 1883, for 240 children; average attendance, 160.

Parochial (St. Barnabas, Upper Grade), Hertford road, , built in 1882, for 300 girls; average attendance, 114.

Endowed Charity (girls), Church street, founded in 1778, by inhabitants of Edmonton, for the education of girls in the principles of the Church of England: 60 girls are educated & clothed: the annual income, derived from legacies, donations & subscriptions, is about £170 yearly & is administered by subscribing governors.

Strand Union (Industrial), Millfield house, Silver street; established in 1849; James Miller Dexter, superintendent.

Kelly's Directory of Middlesex (1899)

Most Common Surnames in Edmonton

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